Course detail

Drink water Treatment Technologies

FCH-DCO_TUDAcad. year: 2020/2021

Not applicable.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Acquisition of comprehensive knowledge on technological processes of drinking water treatment

Prerequisites

Knowledge from courses Hydrochemistry, Analytical chemistry, Chemical engineering, physical chemistry

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course uses teaching methods in form of individual consultation. The e-learning system (LMS Moodle) is available to teachers and students.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

oral examination

Course curriculum

1) Composition and properties of natural water from point of view of drinking water treatment technology
2) Drinking water quality requirements, notice of Ministry of public health of Czech Republic, (MZ ČR) č. 252/2004 Sb.
3) Dispersive systems and their stability
4) Coagulation and aggregation in drinking water treatment, kinetics of coagulation
5) Determination of optimal dose of coagulant
6) Significance of mixing for formation of separable aggregates
7) Separation of suspensions (1st separative step - sedimantation), surficial loading
8) Separation of suspensions (1st separative step - claryfiers)
9) Separation of suspensions by filtration, filtration materials, theory of filtration
10) Separation of suspensions by filtration, kinds of filtration and types of filters
11) Duration of filtr cycle and sludge capacity
12) Washing of filters
13) Flotation
14) Membrane processes in drinking water treatment
15) Elimination of iron and manganese from water
16) Sludge treatment in drinking water plants
17) Disinfection of water by chlorination, disinfection by-products
18) Another manners of water desinfection
19) Oxidation of organic matter presents in water
20) Aeration of water and its significance for drinking water treatment
21) Elimination of organic matter by adsorption
22) Biological methods of drinking water treatment. Elimination of ammonia and nitrates

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Drinking water treatment processes, technolgies, aparatuses and water quality standards.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

none

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

HENDRICKS, D.: Water Treatment Unit Processes. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2006 (CS)
McEVEN, J. B (Ed.): Treatment Process Selection for Particle Removal. Denver: AWWARF, 1998. (CS)
PARSONS, S., JEFFERSON, B. Introduction to potable water treatment processes. Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Pub., 2006. (CS)
PEINEMANN, K., NUNES, S. Membranes for water treatment. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, c2010. (CS)
STRNADOVÁ, N.; JANDA, V.: Technologie vody I. Praha: VŠCHT, 1999. (CS)
TUČEK, F.; CHUDOBA, J.; KONÍČEK, Z. a kol.: Základní procesy výpočty v technologii vody, Praha: SNTL, 1988, 499 s. (CS)
ZÁBRANSKÁ, J. a kol.: Laboratorní metody v technologii vody. Praha: VŠCHT, 2001. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans